On Nov 14, 2007 1:22 PM, Hajducko, Steven <steven.hajducko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What we'd like to do is create RPM's for each set of tier configuration > files. So I'd like to have my 'configs-web-production-1.0.0' RPM with > /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts, etc and then we simply install the correct > tier RPM for any given system, depending on which tier the system resides > in. As a side note, all these systems are either RHEL3 or RHEL4. I've been there too, and asked a lot of questions, eventually gave up trying to replace config files like that. I got a lot of suggestions. Maybe the best was to set up a CVS server and have systems update those config files against it. But I didn't do it because it's easier to just re-make the RPMS I need and distribute them than it is to hack up a config rpm. But... Why couldn't we try to use the alternatives framework for this. Collect up the config files you want and install them anywhere you want. Note how the system under /etc/alternatives works. THey are all symbolic links that point to the real things. So after you install your files somewhere--in a place that does not conflict, of course, then the alternatives framework can be used to tell the system to use your files. And if your RPM is removed, I believe the postun section can be set to restore the links to the original files. Well, probably not better than the trigger scheme described by previous responder. -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
